Ethiopia

infrastructure destruction

Ethiopia: Tigray’s economy destroyed by civil war

Sixteen months into the conflict in northern Ethiopia, Tigray lies in ruins. Almost every aspect of the region’s social, cultural, economic, ... and infrastructural assets has been damaged.

all involved

Ethiopia: The national dialogue needs to be more inclusive

Ethiopia’s current political era, which began in 2018 with the appointment of a new prime minister and saw the formation of a new ruling party ... the next year, has been beset by rampant insecurity.

national identity

Ethiopia’s multinational federalism ruins Isaias’ assimilationist scheme

In an interview with the Eritrean state-owned television network on 8 January, President Isaias Afwerki critiqued the Ethiopian constitution ... by saying it was designed to institutionalize ethnic identity, and that the federal system it prescribed is the source of all problems in Ethiopia.

Tenuous liberty

Ethiopia’s free press fights to survive Abiy’s wartime crackdown

Last week, one of Ethiopia's popular Amharic magazines, Feteh ('Justice'), came out with a riotous cover page that allegorically portrayed Prime ... Minister Abiy Ahmed as the late Ababa ('Father') Tesfaye, a prominent children's storyteller.

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Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed arrive for an inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa

back to the future

Eritrea plunges back into Ethiopia’s Tigray war

Mike Hammer with Felix Tshisekedi (photo presidential: twitter)

All hands on deck

UN: Ethiopia crisis is the focus of diplomatic ‘speed dating’ week, US envoy Hammer says

Assigning blame

Ethiopia is a victim of ‘media slaughter’: Henok Teferra Shawl, Ambassador to France

back to the future

Eritrea plunges back into Ethiopia’s Tigray war

All hands on deck

UN: Ethiopia crisis is the focus of diplomatic ‘speed dating’ week, US envoy Hammer says

Assigning blame

Ethiopia is a victim of ‘media slaughter’: Henok Teferra Shawl, Ambassador to France

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Ethiopian PM's backers hold a rally in support of national army in Addis Ababa

cannot hold

Abiy’s botched centralization fuels Ethiopia’s feuding centrifugal forces

The only way forward for Ethiopia is allowing greater autonomy. ...

In this file photo taken on February 26, 2021 A damaged tank stands on a road north of Mekele, the capital of Tigray

trickle in

Ethiopia: New aid convoys for Tigray after truce

New aid convoys were in or on their way to Ethiopia's Tigray region Thursday, humanitarian agencies said, the latest deliveries to take advantage ... of a truce between the country's warring sides.

A pedestrian walks on a sideway outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre in the central business district of Nairobi

Dial for dollars

Top 500 Companies: Safaricom calling Ethiopia

Few companies can claim success on the scale of Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom (#56). Since it was founded, in 1997, it has grown to become ... East Africa’s second most valuable firm in The Africa Report’s Top 500 Companies ranking, with a domestic subscriber base that represents two thirds of Kenyan mobile users. Its market capitalisation of $12.5bn is nearly twice that of the nine next biggest Kenyan companies combined.

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Ali Asyalo, 14, receives treatment after losing his right leg from grenade explosives during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022.

ethnic cleansing

Tigrayans subjected to ‘war crimes’ in Ethiopia, say rights groups

Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war ... crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups said Wednesday.

Hold your fire

Congress hits pause on new Ethiopia sanctions as leverage in truce deal

The US Congress has teed up new Ethiopia sanctions bills in both chambers but is holding off on passing them into law as it looks for leverage ... to build on last month's truce deal.

A woman walks past an Ethio Telecom office in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa

Gearing up

Ethiopia: Can Ethio Telecom survive Safaricom’s April assault?

Ethiopia’s giant state-owned telecoms provider – Ethio Telecom – faces the biggest challenge in its history. In April, its monopoly on ... phone and internet services will come to an end when Kenyan operator Safaricom launches its network. Can the local operator survive?

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